The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-09-02

Oh tne treasury, 10 DO commissioner OF
Fish and Fisheries, to succeed the late
Prof. Baird. The Office is not q salaried
one. the law simply prescribing the ap-
pointment from among the civil officers Of
the United States OF q person Of proved
scientific and practical acquaintance with
the fisheries Of the coast.
THE EAST.
THOMAS MCDONALD was killed ON the
railroad two miles west of Binghamton, N
Y, the other night. He was an old soldier,
aged sixty-ive, and was going from the
Home at Bath to visit his sister in New Jer-
sey.
TEE New York Tribune recently charged
that Comptroller Durham had been care
less in auditing accounts for surveys in
California and that claims had been certi-
fled by HIM after having once been paid.
Durham denied the charges.
GOVERNOR BEAVER, Of Pennsylvania, has
issued a proclamation calling on the people
of the State to give hearty support to the
celebration of the centennial of the adop-
ton of the constitution.
The Cincinnati express on the Panhandle
jumped the track fifty-fve miles west Of
Pittsburgh, Pa, on tho 23d, and went over
an embankment The engineer was fatally
scalded and two other trainmen seriously
injured.
The Chicago & Alton railroad, one Of the
roads boycotted by the trunk lines on &C.
count OF paying commissions, on the Gath
began placing tickets in the hands Of
brokers in New York State, through whom
war will be waged. The Rhode Island and
other boycotted roads were expected to
follow the example.
Rv foe;
OF Pensions, a guest of tho New Hamp-
shire veterans, was reported quite ill with
infiammatcry rheumatism at the residence
of Hon. Stilson Hutchins at Weirs, N. H.,
on the oath.
GRovEsTEIN & FELL, stock brokers of
New York, made an assignment on the
oath. Assets and liabilities not stated.
W. A. GILKINs. lumber dealer and boat
owner Of Kittaning, Pa, has made an as
.signment with unknown assets and liabili-
ties. He is rated at $lOOOOO
The New York and Brooklyn crockery
dealers have take steps to put a stop to the
selling below cost and giving away of
crockery by tea dealers.
PHILIP CoNNELL and two Hungarian
trackmen were killed on the Lehigh Valley
Railroad near Scranton, Pa, the other day
They had stepped of one track to avoid q
train, when an extra came along the other
way.
CAPrAIN JAMES P. MURPHY, one Of the
Oldest and wealthiest citizens of Kittaning,
Pa, was struck by the Buffalo express on
the Allegheny Valley railroad, the other
morning, and instantly killed. Captain
Murphy was born in 1s96, and resided in
Armstrong County, Pa, nearly all his life.
TERRIBLE excitement was caused in the
fatal No. shaft at Nantlcoke, Pa, ON the
18th by the breaking away Of the earth bar
riers and the sudden precipitation of large
body Of water into a gangway where over
30 miners were at work. The men were
rescued after great difficulty, but ninety
mules persisted.
The First National Bank Of Danville, N.
T., has closed its doors.
AT q meeting Of stonemasons of Pitts.
burgh and Allegheny City on the 18th. il
was unanimously decided to leave the
Knights of Labor ami 60 into the Intorna-
tional Association of Brcklayers and
Stoueuasons.
JUDGE POTTER has granted q stay Of exc.
cution in the case Of Jacob Sharp. convicted
of corrupt practices IN New York.
The ticket nominated by tho New York
Prohibitionists in convention at Syracuse
ON the Goth is as follows: For Secretary Of
State, Rev. DR.. c. W. Huntington, Of Olesn
for Comptroller, C. B. Hitchcock, of Cort-
land; for State Treasurer, W. w. Smith. Of
Poughkecpsie; for Attorney General, Silas
w. Mason, of Westfield, Chautauqaa
County; for State Engineer and Surveyor,
John q. Gray, OF Ulster County.
DIR. MCGLYNN addressed an immense
audience at Williamsburg, n. Y, the other
night for the benefit Of the widows and
orphans fund of the A. o. H. No disorder
CURED though threats had been made to
preak up the meeting.
The statesmen OF Pittsburgh and other
Eastern cities are agitating National As
sembly of the Knights of Labor.
FIFTY-oNE girls employed in Brace Bros.
laundry at Pittsburgh, Pa, struck the other
day on account of the discharge OF eleven
OF their number for organizing Q Knights
OF Labor assembly.
The owners Of the fishing schooner
Lydia 7. Crowell of Beverly, Mass, have
given her up for lost She was ninety-five
tons burden. It is believed all on board are
lost She was in charge of Captain Moses
xarkin, of Nova Scotia, and had q crew OF
6ftee1 men.
The autopsy at New York on the body OF
the sailor of the bark Robert Moore, from
Guadalupe, who was said to have died OF
yellow fever, shows that the cause OF the
death was malarial fever.
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred in the en-.
CINE room of Herbert E. Johnson's corn
canning factory. in Gorham, near Portland,
Ne, the other morning. One man was
killed and q number Of others seriously In
jured.
IT is feared that the suspension Of Mitch
ell, Vance & Co. gas fitting supply dealers
or New York City, will involve many firms
in other parts of the country.
THE WEST.
THE steam barge Whitney and schooner
Ashland, loaded with iron ore, went ashore
one mile this side of Port Hope, Mich, the
other night during the thick weather.
THE Emperor of Germany was reported
much better en- The 70, his rheumatism
hcyiEg diminished.